The Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) provides objective forecasts of the state’s economy, revenue, population, corrections population, and Youth Authority population. These forecasts are used to enable the governor, the legislature, state agencies, and the public to achieve their goals.

Programs

The program areas and scheduled forecast release dates are:

Economic and Revenue Forecasts:

March 1, June 1 (May 15 during Legislative Sessions), September 1 and December 1.

Population Forecasts:

Short-term forecast for the state: released along with the Economic and Revenue forecasts (see above). Long-term forecasts for the state and counties: updated when supporting data is available for the years ending in -0 and -5.